"This boring farce should have ended long ago!"
As he spoke, Shin lifted Kakashi's arm. The glow of the Lightning Blade immediately vanished, as if it had never appeared.
The instant Shin let go, Kakashi hurriedly retreated, watching him warily. His left hand gripped his right wrist, his arm faintly throbbing with pain.
The ninja hounds on Zabuza also leaped down at the same time. As though they had sensed something utterly terrifying, they fled backward in panic before vanishing with a series of pops, having returned to the summoning realm.
"Who are you?" Kakashi asked in a low voice, his expression frighteningly grim. An inexplicable tension rose within him. Even he could not explain why, but a voice deep in his heart told him to run—to turn around and flee immediately. The person before him was not someone he could possibly deal with. They were not even on the same level of existence.
"Are you asking me?" Shin glanced at him indifferently, a faint smile curling at his lips. "I'm merely a tourist visiting the Land of Waves. There's no need to concern yourself with my name."
Roar!
As they spoke, a low beastly roar came from elsewhere. It was Naruto Uzumaki in his Tailed Beast transformation.
"Quiet." Shin calmly looked in his direction, narrowing his eyes slightly.
In an instant, a vast and overwhelming force appeared. Naruto Uzumaki, in his Tailed Beast transformation, curled up in agony. The red chakra seemed to have encountered something terrifying and rapidly withdrew into Naruto Uzumaki's body, leaving not the slightest trace behind.
Kakashi stared at the scene in utter disbelief, his voice trembling. "He... he dispelled Naruto's Tailed Beast rampage with just one look? How is that possible? How could someone like that exist in this world?"
Naruto Uzumaki did not